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On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:29:49 -0500, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:
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Slinging bull-shit on the wall, hoping the obfuscation will stick.On 4/21/2013 3:23 PM, Ian Field wrote:
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:58:09 +0100, "Ian Field"
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"Dave" <db5151@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I have an automatic battery charger which is totally non-functional,
apparently not sensing when it is connected to a load, and the first
thing
I note about it is that it makes prodigious use of the 2N3904
transistor
on its main control board. And one of these (2N3904) has an odd
characteristic- it measures .676 VDC from emittor to collector,
rather
than the typical OL that the others measure, or that I get from a
2N3904
out of stock. (Note that this is with the negative or black lead
from
the
DMM on the emittor and the positive or red on the collector, that
I get
a
.676 VDC reading on the DMM.)
Anybody have any idea as to what this would indicate about the
particular
transistor in question? It's been too may years since I've done
this on
a
regular basis, and I'm having to clean the cobwebs out of the
attice to
try and figure it out. MANY THANKS for any feedback.
You say "not sensing when its connected to to a load" as if the
load was
something other than a battery.
Your "fully automatic battery charger" senses a voltage produced by
the
battery to detect correct polarity - obviously a "load" will not
produce a
voltage for the "fully automatic battery charger" to sense. A
totally dead
flat battery will also not provide a voltage for polarity detection.
I keep an old iron cored transformer to get things started just in
case I
encounter a dead flat battery.
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Interesting...
I wasn't aware you could use the AC output from an old iron-cored
transformer to get a dead flat battery started.
How does that work, exactly?
Well as long as the best you can do is pick on the occasional typo, I've
little to worry about.
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You wrote: "I keep an old iron cored transformer to get things started
just in case I encounter a dead flat battery."
Where's the typo???
Ah - I see now. You're too thick to see where I was going with that.
Yes, I'm too thick also.
What did you mean to say?
Mikek
...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.